Rosemary Le

Rosemary Le is a multidisciplinary circus artist specializing in the aerial cyr wheel.  She grew up with a varied movement background of dance, gymnastics, swimming, and martial arts, but always felt like a dancer at heart. In the throes of pursuing her PhD at Stanford University, she discovered aerial hoop in 2016, and it was exactly the physical and creative outlet  she needed. Upon discovering the San Francisco Circus Center in 2019, she decided that a circus sabbatical was in her near future. Those plans were put on hold when the pandemic hit. Amidst the quiet (and chaos) of 2020, she found great solace delving into her own practice and art.

Emerging out of the pandemic, she has performed with companies such as Dahlias Entertainment and People’s Circus Theatre, at venues such as The Great Star Theater and The Children’s Creativity Museum, in productions such as Paul Nathan’s Dark Kaberet and People’s Circus Theatre’s The Nightingale, in the Bay Area, greater Los Angeles Area, and beyond.

She enjoys incorporating her varied background into her art, whether it be her background in classical Chinese dance, her technical training in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, or her fascination with the mystical. She also dabbles in photography, and loves how the practice of capturing beauty leads to noticing it in everything else.

As of November 2022, she’s had the privilege of taking a circus sabbatical and pursuing her art full time. The Moisture Festival has been a very special part of her journey, and it is a true gift to be back.

Photo Credit: David Horvitz